In the Middle Ages, the crucifix was the big anathema: Elvis and Manhattan and your boyfriend all rolled into one.
anathema: person or thing accursed or intensely disliked.
condemned
well-liked
Camren T.
Leviathan
Scott Westerfeld
infantry
The French and British infantry crouched behind their fortifications.
infantry:soldiers or military units that fight on foot, in modern times typically with rifles, machine guns, grenades, mortars, etc., as weapons.
troop
soldier
Omelia E.
Linger
Maggie Stiefvater
Euphoric
It is harrowing, and euphoric, freeing, and entrapping, enticing, and alarming.
euphoric:a feeling of happiness, confidence, or well-being.
happiness
sadness
Liz C.
Unbelievable
Sara Shepard
Illicit
But A knew about Spencer's seventh-grade kiss with Ian Thomas, her illicit affair with Wren, Melissa's college boyfriend, and that the five of them had blinded Jenna Cavanaugh- all things that were true.
Illicit not legally permitted or authorized; unlicensed; unlawful.
Not-permitted
Permitted
Anjana T.
Troy
Adele Geras
gouging
They're always watching--all of them--to see if Helen and I are speaking or gouging one another's eyes out.
gouging to dig or force out, an act of extortion; swindle
dig
fill
Kadra L.
Magyk
wraith
While i watched him he stode their it looked like he saw a wraith.
Wraith
ghost, a mental representation of some haunting experience
not legally permitted or authorized; unlicensed; unlawful.
to dig or force out, an act of extortion; swindle
ghost, a mental representation of some haunting experience
having only one spouse at a time